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										18 September 2013									
								

									Sacem and Creative Commons renew their agreement
									Press Release, 16 September 2013 (version française ci-dessous)
Sacem (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique) and Creative Commons are extending the agreement they signed on 9 January 2012.
The innovative agreement enables authors and composers who are members of Sacem to promote their works within a non-commercial framework, notably on Internet. It combines the use of the Non-Commercial Licences offered by Creative Commons with the collection and distribution services offered by Sacem for the royalties which are the income of its creator and publisher members.
Authors, composers and publishers who are members of Sacem can thus select individual works for which they hold rights and CC-license them under one of the three Creative Commons licences for non-commercial usage:

Attribution— Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC)

Attribution— Non-Commercial  – Share Alike (CC BY-NC-SA)

Attribution— Non-Commercial  – NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND).
Details about these licences are to be found on http://creativecommons.fr
Satisfactory initial results
Since January 2012, 713 works were CC-licensed by 60 author-composers and 3 publishers, members of Sacem, totalling 7 different nationalities.
Updated answers will soon be put on line on sacem.fr; taking into account questions that arose during the first 18 months (i.e. during the lifetime of the first agreement).
Jean-Noël Tronc, CEO of Sacem: “It is a movement which Sacem has been accompanying for 18 months and to which it confirms its support with this new agreement. Our aim remains the same: to give our members, authors, composers, publishers, the largest choice possible concerning the modalities of protection of their creations.”
Paul Keller, Creative Commons Collective Societies Liaison: “The joint effort undertaken to offer authors greater freedom of choice in how to share their works obviously answers the expectations of SACEM’s membership. Creative Commons is very pleased to be continuing this partnership, and the Creative Commons France team is delighted to have helped enhance authors’ rights collective management systems in France.”
Press contacts:
Sacem/Catherine Boissière: +33 (0)1 47 15 45 21 / catherine.boissiere@sacem.fr
CC France/Lara Beswick: +33 (0)6 21 53 24 20 / lara@creativecommons.fr
Links: www.sacem.fr; www.creativecommons.fr
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Communiqué de  presse, 16 septembre 2013
La Sacem (Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique) et Creative Commons annoncent la reconduction de leur accord signé le 9 janvier 2012.
Cet accord permet aux auteurs compositeurs membres de la Sacem de développer la promotion de leurs œuvres dans un cadre non commercial, notamment sur Internet. Il allie de manière innovante l’utilisation de Licences Non Commerciales proposées par les Creative Commons et les modes de collecte et de répartition des droits d’auteur qui sont les revenus des créateurs et des éditeurs de la Sacem.
Les auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs membres de la Sacem ont ainsi la faculté de choisir  chacune des œuvres dont ils sont ayants-droit et qu’ils souhaitent placer sous une des trois licences Creative Commons prévues pour une utilisation non commerciale :

Paternité — Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale (CC BY-NC),

Paternité — Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale – Partage à l’Identique (CC BY-NC-SA),

Paternité — Pas d’Utilisation Commerciale – Pas de Modification (CC BY-NC-ND).
Toutes les informations sur ces licences sont disponibles sur http://creativecommons.fr
Un premier bilan satisfaisant
Depuis janvier 2012, 713 œuvres ont été placées sous licences Creative Commons par 60 auteurs compositeurs et 3 éditeurs membres de la Sacem et issus de 7 nationalités différentes.
Des réponses actualisées et tenant compte des questions qui ont pu être formulées pendant les 18 premiers mois, durée du premier accord, seront prochainement mises en ligne sur sacem.fr.
Jean-Noël Tronc, Directeur général de la Sacem, précise : « C’est un mouvement que la Sacem accompagne depuis 18 mois et auquel elle confirme son soutien avec ce nouvel accord. Notre objectif est toujours le même : laisser à nos membres, auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs, le choix le plus large concernant les modalités de protection de leurs créations.»
Paul Keller, Creative Commons Collective Societies Liaison, souligne : « L’effort commun effectué pour offrir aux auteurs une plus grande liberté de choix dans le mode de diffusion de leurs oeuvres, correspond visiblement aux attentes d’une partie des membres de la SACEM. Creative Commons est particulièrement satisfait de la reconduction de ce partenariat et l’équipe de Creative Commons France se félicite d’avoir contribué à l’évolution des systèmes de gestion collectives des droit d’auteur en France. »
Contacts Presse:
Sacem/Elisabeth Anselin : 01 47 15 45 32 – 06 07 35 67 91 / elisabeth.anselin@sacem.fr

CC France/Lara Beswick : 06 21 53 24 20 / lara@creativecommons.fr
Liens: www.sacem.fr; www.creativecommons.fr
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										17 September 2013									
								

									Make the resale right universal for all artists and sign the petition!
									The resale right is a fundamental right for authors of graphic and plastic arts. It consists of a small percentage of the resale price that art market professionals pay to them at each resale of their works be it in auction or in a gallery. Make the resale right universal for all artists! Please sign the petition here: www.resale-right.org
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										22 August 2013									
								

									PRS for Music and YouTube sign licensing deal
									Multi-year licence covers over 130 territories. 
For release 21 August 2013: PRS for Music today announced a new licensing deal with YouTube.
The licence covers the use of the significant repertoire represented by PRS for Music in videos streamed on the video platform e.g. official music videos and content, live footage, soundtracks and user generated content (UGC). The licence also includes the rights to a growing range of independent repertoire available through PRS for Music’s IMPEL initiative such as David Bowie (Bucks Music), Justin Timberlake (Imagem), Lou Reed (Spirit) and Goldie (Westbury).
The organisation, which represents over 100,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, was one of the first societies outside of the US to license YouTube, in 2007. The new licence agreement is one of the most extensive yet covering more than 130 territories in Europe, Middle East and North Africa.
Robert Ashcroft, Chief Executive PRS for Music, said, “Streaming is a key growth area for PRS for Music, helping drive our online revenues to over £50M in 2012. YouTube’s vast reach around the world offers our publishers and songwriters a unique stage and music lovers access to millions of songs. I am delighted we have reached such an important multi-territory agreement. The issue of remuneration from streaming services remains a key one for our members and the further evolution of our licensing relationship with YouTube will help ensure continued growth in royalties for our members from one of the world’s leading video platforms.”
Chris Maxcy, Director of Global Music Partnerships at YouTube continued, “We’re delighted to renew our successful partnership with the PRS for Music. This means the UK’s music publishers, songwriters and composers can continue to reach new and existing fans on YouTube and the passionate YouTube community can keep enjoying listening to music and discovering new artists online.”
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										9 August 2013									
								

									Author societies.eu – mid-year review
									Now that we are over the half-way point of this year, we look back at some of the highlights of 2013 so far:
January       Author society CEO speaks to leading French publication on cultural sector and its contribution to economy
Jean-Noël Tronc, Director General of Sacem, spoke to leading French publication Les Echos about the financial contribution of the creative industries to the French economy and the role of Sacem as a non-profit cooperative organisation representing creators across the creative sector.
You can read the full article here.
February       Author societies speak out against Vitorino recommendations
A coalition of organisations representing authors, performers and producers challenged the recommendations made by Antonio Vitorino on private copying.
Mr Vitorino’s recommendations demonstrated a serious misunderstanding of the private copying system, depriving consumers of their ability to legally make copies for private purposes and obliging rightsholders to negotiate the remuneration for private copies (which normally falls under an “exception” that cannot be negotiated) in the purchase price of the digital content, leading to an increase of the prices to the detriment of consumers.
Later in July, two judgements delivered by the EU Court on different cases confirmed that several of Mr Vitoriono’s recommendations were not in conformity with EU law.
March    Marielle Gallo publishes working document on Collective Rights Management
Marielle Gallo, rapporteur on the Collective Rights Management Directive, published her working document on site of the European Parliament.
Months later, On 9 July, the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee unanimously adopted Marielle Gallo’s report on the collective management of copyright.
April      EU Court backs author societies
The European Court of Justice overturned allegations that European author societies coordinated to restrict competition. By upholding their appeal against the 2008 European Commission decision, the ECJ confirmed that CISAC, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, and its members had not engaged in uncompetitive concerted practices to restrict competition.
May       European Parliament votes to exclude culture from EU-US trade deal
In Strasbourg, the European Parliament voted in favour of excluding the cultural and creative industries from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Agreement. 381 of those present voted in favour of excluding these sectors from the potential deal; 191 voted against and 17 abstained.
This decision was backed by Europe’s trade ministers in June and marks a great victory for cultural and creative sectors.
June    World Creators Summit
On June 4 & 5, 700 of the world’s leading creative stakeholders, including authors, industry figures and regulators gathered in Washington for the World Creators Summit.
Over the two days of the conference, 95 speakers mulled ways to ensure a fair and sustainable environment for the creative sector.
More about the event.
July  CRM Directive Report of the European Parliament voted in Legal Affairs Committee
The European Parliament’s legal affairs committee unanimously adopted Marielle Gallo’s report on the collective management of copyright. The creators of this platform welcomed the favourable vote, and urged the European Union institutions to address the outstanding issues and rapidly finalise the legislative process.
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